Understanding risks and optimising anaerobic digestion to minimise pathogen and antimicrobial resistance genes entering the environment
This project aims to evaluate the fate and transmission of pathogens/ARGs, and optimise process conditions to control their dissemination.
Start date
October 2021End date
September 2024Overview
Anaerobic digestion (AD) utilises organic materials to produce energy via biogas while also producing nutrient-rich digestate ideal for land application as fertiliser. However, there may be a risk to human (and livestock) health through transmission of pathogens to land and uptake into the food chain, direct environmental contact or run-off into water courses.
Funder
Team
Principal investigator
Dr Bing Guo
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See profileCo-investigators
Dr Devendra Saroj
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Mac-Anthony Nnorom
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Collaborators
Dr Lisa Avery
James Hutton Institute
Dr Rupert Hough
James Hutton Institute